In mid-March, I had the opportunity to attend The Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium at the Penn Stater! To kick off the conference Stephen J Dubner an award-winning author gave a hilarious yet inspirational keynote. Who knew that monkey prostitution was a thing... I guess monkey see monkey do is in fact true. If that's the case then the scientist Keith Chen has some explaining to do.
After the keynote, we went our separate ways into our workshops. I found myself sitting front row in the workshop "But what if I cry." The workshop was centered around using technology to understand empathy and compassion. To help understand this, we watched a couple of videos of students sharing their morals moments. After watching the videos, the guest speaker Susan Russell approached me. I was a little caught off guard (still processing monkey prostitution) and when asked what made the students successful. My response-- apparently the right one, students were successful because they were able to identify their morals and goals. I learned when you identify the reason why you are doing something it provides a clear direction to achieve your goal.
At first, I was a little hesitant about the conference not knowing exactly what I would learn. But, leaving the conference, I felt full. Not just from all the carrot cake, I ate, but from all the different ways I could use technology in the classroom.
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